Coffee to pair with cigars?

[AndyP]

Not a cigar smoker, but had a cigar shop owner approach me about creating a unique roast to pair with cigars. Any advice on what flavors one would look for to pair this a cigar? Any cigar smokers out there?

 

[ensoluna]

why don't you try "old crop" coffee beans? or 5 month old roasted beans with some defective beans (such as quakers) on it?
they will smell and taste like "bad cigar & dirty ashtray".

however, there is TOBACCO as one of the coffee terms, describing coffee flavors.
It states : the aroma and flavor of fresh tobacco in brewed coffee. A tobacco-like taste is not necessarily disagreeable and is found in various specialty coffees throughtout the world. A tobaccoy taste or aroma should not be confused with characteristics of burnt tobacco (ash).

 

[AndyP]

Haha - I like the idea of using the floor sweepings and chaff to mix with walmart coffee. Sounds like a pretty profitable product! But seriously - do cigars have certain flavor notes that could be paired with a coffee or wine? - is that ridiculous?

 

[ensoluna]

Haha - I like the idea of using the floor sweepings and chaff to mix with walmart coffee. Sounds like a pretty profitable product! But seriously - do cigars have certain flavor notes that could be paired with a coffee or wine? - is that ridiculous?

how about drinking a great pour over while smoking a Cohiba?
Many people drink wine while smoking, right?
about the flavor notes of cigars, unfortunately and fortunately, I would not know. I never smoked before....

 

[Mr.Peaberry]

As a former cigar smoker, and a lifelong coffee spaz, I just don't see a pairing of the two. The cigar will not allow the full enjoyment of a finer cup of coffee, and there are things better suited to enhancing the cigar than coffee. In my opinion, it's like trying to pair a great cheese with a cigar...neither benefit the other. Just sayin'....

 

[Bacchus]

I enjoyed a Don Pepin Garcia Blue Generoso with a cup of Sumatra brewed with my Clever Dripper this afternoon. To say one cannot or even may not compliment the other is just plain wrong. I suggest that a more thorough knowledge of both coffee and cigars would be advisable if one is to try pairing one with the other....

 

[peterjschmidt]

I have to agree w/ Bacchus; a good coffee will bring out certain flavors in a cigar - it can enhance the cigar, but the cigar won't do much for the coffee.

As for what kind of coffee, my suggestion would be a good Indonesian, Central or South American coffee, and not so much the fruity DP Ethiopians. Alex is right, that there are some coffees that have a tobacco note to them, but since the cigar already has that flavor, I'd steer away from the coffee having it too. Sweet, chocolatey, nutty coffees would be more appropriate.

 

[Mr.Peaberry]

I have to agree w/ Bacchus; a good coffee will bring out certain flavors in a cigar - it can enhance the cigar, but the cigar won't do much for the coffee.

That is more or less what I was trying to say pjs!

 

[slurp]

It would depend on the cigar your trying to pair. They are like coffee and have many different flavors, sounds like a great opportunity to have a cigar / coffee pairing event

 

[Bacchus]

It would depend on the cigar your trying to pair. They are like coffee and have many different flavors, sounds like a great opportunity to have a cigar / coffee pairing event

I think, too, that it would depend on the individual doing the pairing. Like a lot of things, flavor is very subjective. What I taste in a cigar or coffee may be quite different from what you taste.

 

[Bacchus]

Today's selection is an AVO XO Robusto paired with a cup of DP Yirgacheffe. Tastes pretty good to me.... :-/)